Rainbow Layer Cake

Rainbow Layer Cake
You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Rainbow Layer Cake a try. One serving contains 1143 calories, 8g of protein, and 48g of fat. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. 1 person found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up vanilla, eggs, classic gel food colors, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours.

Instructions

1
Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 3 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray.
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In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among 6 small bowls, about 1 1/3 cups each.
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Using food colors, tint batter in 1 bowl blue, 1 bowl red, 1 bowl green, 1 bowl yellow, 1 bowl orange (using red and yellow) and 1 bowl purple (using blue and red).
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Refrigerate 3 colors of batter until ready to bake.
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Pour remaining 3 colors of batter into cake pans.
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Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center and begins to pull away from side of pan. Cool 10 minutes.
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Remove from pans to cooling racks; cool completely.
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Wash cake pans.
9
Bake and cool remaining 3 cake layers as directed.
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10
In large bowl, beat shortening and butter with electric mixer on medium speed until light yellow. On low speed, gradually beat in powdered sugar. Beat in vanilla.
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Add milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until frosting is smooth. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy.
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12
Trim rounded tops off cakes to level, if needed. On serving plate, place purple cake layer.
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Spread with frosting to within 1/4 inch of edge. Repeat with blue, green, yellow, orange and red cake layers.
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Spread light coat of frosting on top and side of cake to seal in crumbs, then frost with remaining frosting.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In2 hrs
Servings10
Health Score3
Dish TypesSide Dish
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